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Identification

Reference as: MPL01108
Title Funerary inscription for Auspicius
Trismegistos-No. 462859

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Augusta Treverorum
Find Context Found at S. Paulin church
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Trier, Dom- und Diözesanmuseum
Inventory number E 118
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary (adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: 138.0 cm

height: 59.0 cm

depth: 3.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags
  • Symbol / Alpha et Omega
  • Symbol / Monogr. Christi
  • Animal / dove

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen + subscriptum
    Prose Verse Distinction
    • Yes, by different layout
    Layout Types (Prose)
    • Left aligned
    Layout Types (Verse)
    • Centered
    Scriptio Continua in verse partyes
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


EGREGIISCAELVMMERITISNONPOSSENEG[]I
QVISDVBITETFAMVLVMQVEDIVSP[]REBEAT[]
PERMORTIS[]ASVMDOMINVSREPARAVITALVMNVM
EXEMTVMAVSPICIVMTERRISINMISCVITASTRIS
5[]GNOS[]MN[]MPEFIDEMFRVCTVMQVEPRIOREM
[---]IDESVIVISINMORTENECVLLVM
[---]V[---]AEPOTERISCOGNOSCERECASVM
[]SXXV͡IIII
columba monogramma Christi columba

Egregiis caelum meritis non posse neg[ar]i
quis dubitet famulumque diu sp[era]re beat[um?]
per mortis [c]asum Dominus reparavit alumnum
exem(p)tum Auspicium terris inmiscuit astris.
5[A]gnos[ce spe?]m n[e]mpe fidem fructumque priorem
[---]ides vivis in morte nec ullum
[---]v[---]ae poteris cognoscere casum.
[Vixit anno]s XXV͡IIII.
((columba))((monogramma Christi))((columba))

Egregiis caelum meritis non posse neg[ar]i
quis dubitet famulumque diu sp[era]re beat[um?]
per mortis [c]asum Dominus reparavit alumnum
exem(p)tum Auspicium terris inmiscuit astris.
[A]gnos[ce spe?]m n[e]mpe fidem fructumque priorem
[---]ides vivis in morte nec ullum
[---]v[---]ae poteris cognoscere casum.
[Vixit anno]s XXV͡IIII. ((columba))((monogramma Christi))((columba))
Apparatus

Text follows González Berdús.
l. 8. abbreviation; The sign resembling a Greek Sigma replaces the numeral V (Gauthier, González Berdús). This sign might be in ligature with the following numeral I (González Berdús).

Main Translation

Translation Quién puede dudar que a los méritos eminentes el cielo no puede negarse y que espera desde hace tiempo al servidor bienaventurado. A través del trance de la muerte el Señor ha recuperado a su discípulo; tras liberar a Auspicio de la tierra, lo ha mezclado con las estrellas. [Reconoce (?)] ciertamente la esperanza y su principal fruto, [...] a los vivos en la muerte [...] y no podrás conocer ninguna tribulación. [Vivió] 29 [año]s.
Citation V. González Berdús, Carmina Latina Epigraphica de la Galia Bélgica, 124, no. 18.

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameAuspicius
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [expression: Canonical]
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 431 AD
Date (To) 500 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • palaeography

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:30:02, ID there: HD077490
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:30
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-25 08:12
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-26 13:22
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-26 13:51
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-26 13:54
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-26 14:09
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-26 14:12
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-26 15:26
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